Garment & Textile · Fabric

Weaving — Jacquard

Weave controlled by Jacquard mechanism allowing individual warp thread control → complex patterns.

Origin

Lyon (France)

Era

Modern (1804)

CC-licensed · free to use

Industrialist View

Premium fabric — 2–4x price of dobby. Fabrics: brocade, damask, tapestry, matelassé. Setup cost high; minimum run ~500 m economic.

Treat as patterned fabric — centre the motif, match repeats across seams.

Named after Joseph Marie Jacquard (1804). Modern electronic Jacquards drive 12,000+ hooks.